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The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

2008 |2h 4m |  Drama, Romance

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Cast

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Kate Winslet

Hanna Schmitz

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Ralph Fiennes

Michael Berg

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David Kross

Young Michael Berg

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Lena Olin

Rose Mather

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Bruno Ganz

Professor Rohl

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Jeanette Hain

Brigitte

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Hannah Herzsprung

Julia

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Karoline Herfurth

Marthe

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Volker Bruch

Dieter Spenz

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Alexandra Maria Lara

Young Ilana Mather

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Fabian Busch

Hanna's Defense Council

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Vijessna Ferkic

Sophie

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Susanne Lothar

Carla Berg

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Matthias Habich

Peter Berg

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Burghart Klaußner

Judge

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Sylvester Groth

Prosecuting Council

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Jürgen Tarrach

Gerhard Bade

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Florian Bartholomäi

Thomas Berg

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Moritz Grove

Holger

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Kirsten Block

Female Judge

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Margarita Broich

Co-Defendant

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Marie Gruber

Co-Defendant

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Martin Brambach

Remand Prison Guard #1

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Carmen-Maja Antoni

Prison Librarian

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Heike Hanold-Lynch

Prison Guard

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Linda Bassett

Ms. Brenner

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Ludwig Blochberger

Student

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Benjamin Trinks

Holger's friend

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, German, Greek, Latin

Budget

$32,000,000.00

Revenue

$108,902,486.00